Hello,

I'm Alexey from Russia, and I'm 36. I'm here because I finally decided to quit playing all video games. By the way, is it ok to play Rocksmith (it's a game for learning the real guitar)?

I started playing like 25 years ago, but it was ok back then, I had a lot of free time and I was not an addict. Things changed after I started playing WoW. I started trial on the cold day of January 23th, 2007. In two days I upgraded to full version. Then I don't remember most of the next two and a half years, I quickly fell as low as hard core raiding. In the end of that period I have two chars with total time played about 200 days (that's 4'800 hours, and if you do anything for 10'000 hours then you become a pro). Then it went in cycles, like 1 year off and then playing for half the year.

But the worse thing was that I became a video game addict. I no longer can control the time I play, I know when to stop but I can't stop. Recently I've reinstalled WoW for a laugh and that ate 10 days of my life. After that I finally decided that  I don't want to be an addict. I got rid of smoking, it was so great, so now I want to get rid of all the video games.

Last week has been great in giving me the goals for the next few years so now I have a great plan and it does not have any time for video games addiction. So I'm in the process of removing the games from my computer and I plan to write daily notes in my journal.

So journey has already started, wish me luck

Congrats tovarish! It is quite difficult to quit with such a long "history" between you and gaming; it's remarkable that you found strength to do that.

Good luck and all the best!

Another member from Russia. Woot! @leprosy you have a fellow countryman!

I think Rocksmith can be ok, but if you find it increases your cravings than you might want to take a break.

Welcome! I was also addicted to WoW lol i clocked in over a years worth of gameplay on all my characters...it's crazy! you're in the right place anyhow. IF you have the strength to quit smoking you can definitely do this game detox!

Just keep your days busy and remember to start your journal as this helps a lot.

All the best.

Greetings from Poland, Alexey!

I can relate to your story, despite the fact that I never played WoW

When I played I also couldn't stop in this moment I should stop. And this just went on and on and on, and then I played for 10 hours. Sad but true.

If you got rid of smoking, you can also get rid of video games. And life your life to the fullest.